<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Supply Chain Management is a concept that originated and flourished in the manufacturing industry and has been subsequently adapted to many different areas. At present Disaster Management is one of those areas to which it has been adapted. Disaster Management is the set of rules for the coordination of activities at the disaster area and the rational usage of resources. During a disaster several logistics decisions should be made. The unpredictability of global emergencies (e.g., volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods) and the stakes of the adequate and timely delivery of the goods/services and challenge of managing material flow in the relief operations, which hold as their ultimate objective the delivery of the appropriate level of resources to locations worldwide in order to minimize human suffering and loss of life.</p></abstract>

Supply Chain Management is a concept that originated and flourished in the manufacturing industry and has been subsequently adapted to many different areas. At present Disaster Management is one of those areas to which it has been adapted. Disaster Management is the set of rules for the coordination of activities at the disaster area and the rational usage of resources. During a disaster several logistics decisions should be made. The unpredictability of global emergencies (e.g., volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods) and the stakes of the adequate and timely delivery of the goods/services and challenge of managing material flow in the relief operations, which hold as their ultimate objective the delivery of the appropriate level of resources to locations worldwide in order to minimize human suffering and loss of life.

The Humanitarian Relief Chain

Turkish Armed Forces, General Command of Gendarmerie, Turkey

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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Supply Chain Management is a concept that originated and flourished in the manufacturing industry and has been subsequently adapted to many different areas. At...

The Humanitarian Relief Chain

Publié en ligne: 27 janv. 2012

Pages: 45 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10033-011-0015-x

Mots clés
The Humanitarian Relief Chain, Disaster Management, Relief Operation, Supply Chain Management

This content is open access.

The Humanitarian Relief Chain

Publié en ligne: 27 janv. 2012

Pages: 45 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10033-011-0015-x

Mots clésThe Humanitarian Relief Chain, Disaster Management, Relief Operation, Supply Chain Management

This content is open access.

Mots clés
The Humanitarian Relief Chain, Disaster Management, Relief Operation, Supply Chain Management